Laughing Matters Planning Checklist

 

  1. Present concept to determine interest in co-hosting
  2. Agree on terms
  3. Establish rough budget, event type, division of responsibilities
  4. Identify entertainment
  5. Identify target dates
  6. Identify venue with availability
  7. Confirm availability of entertainment
  8. Establish Schedule
  9. Book Venue
  10. Book Entertainment
  11. Logo for Posters & Publicity
  12. Finalize Budget & set ticket price
  13. Identify ticket sales mechanism
  14. Develop ticket sales page
  15. Confirm ticket sales work
  16. Start promotion- establish Facebook event, order posters
  17. More promotion: distribute posters, emails, etc
  18. Room/table for comics?
  19. Finalize schedule
  20. Track ticket sales
  21. Identify who gets complimentary tickets
  22. Identify Speakers for Mission Moment
  23. Procure volunteers for registration, etc.
  24. Reserve Riser
  25. Prepare talks
  26. Final confirmation on numbers with venue
  27. Final confirmation with entertainment
  28. Invite people to the “After Party”
  29. Table assignment
  30. Day of prep: check room arrangements, sign-in setup, accept delivery of riser, etc.
  31. During event: Keep on schedule & deal with contingencies
  32. Attend after party
  33. Send out thank you to attendees & follow-up survey
  34. Prepare write-up to share with people, including this check-list
  35. Send out thank you to comics, venue, sponsors